Ted Stevens
★ U.S. Senator
- Born
- November 18, 1923
- Died
- August 9, 2010
- Age at death
- 86
- Home state
- Alaska
- Party
- Republican
- On the ballot
- 1962–2008
7-2
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Stevens1.0M
Opponents509,269
9
Elections run
Between 1962 and 2008, Ted Stevens ran in 9 U.S. Senate elections, winning 7 and losing 2. Stevens's biggest single-election total was 179,438 votes, in the 2002 U.S. Senate election in Alaska. Stevens's closest win came in the 1970 U.S. Senate election in Alaska, decided by 15,452 votes.
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How many votes has Ted Stevens received?
Ted Stevens has received 1,017,131 popular votes across 9 U.S. elections, with a career record of 7–2.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | U.S. SenateAlaska | Lost | 147,81446.52% | Mark Begich Bob Bird Fredrick D. David Haase Ted Big Gianoutsos |
| 2002 | U.S. SenateAlaska | Won | 179,43878.17% | Frank Vondersaar Jim Sykes Jim Dore Leonard Karpinski |
| 1996 | U.S. SenateAlaska | Won | 177,89376.71% | Jed Whittaker Theresa Nangle Obermeyer |
| 1990 | U.S. SenateAlaska | Won | 125,80666.23% | Michael Beasley |
| 1984 | U.S. SenateAlaska | Won | 146,91971.17% | John E. Havelock |
| 1978 | U.S. SenateAlaska | Won | 92,78375.59% | Donald Hobbs |
| 1972 | U.S. SenateAlaska | Won | 74,21677.3% | W. Eugene Guess |
| 1970 | U.S. SenateAlaska · Special | Won | 47,90859.61% | Wendell P. Kay |
| 1962 | U.S. SenateAlaska | Lost | 24,35441.86% | Ernest J. Gruening |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S000888) and Wikidata (Q50599). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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